Best Episodes
This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.
Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 10, 2023.
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After the Battle of the Apron concludes, the Top 20 home cooks in America meet the first guest judge of the season – culinary icon Wolfgang Puck..
The episode was rated 7.36 from 453 votes.
The 5 remaining contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Richard Blais – chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author – who reveals the seventh Mystery Box challenge. The winner will avoid competing in the elimination challenge and the remaining contestants are given five minutes to shop for a basket full of twenty ingredients. With an unexpected twist in the competition, one is eliminated.
The episode was rated 7.41 from 374 votes.
The remaining 17 home cooks are greeted by Chefs Ramsay and Tosi, as well as Season 6 winner Claudia Sandoval and guest culinary judge Aarón Sánchez.
The episode was rated 7.41 from 481 votes.
The Top 10 cooks have one hour to make breakfast using a chocolate-hazelnut spread, and the winner gets to choose the dish for the next elimination challenge.
The episode was rated 7.42 from 347 votes.
The remaining 16 home cooks get a very special treat leading into the next challenge as Chef Ramsay demonstrates how to properly deconstruct a lobster.
The episode was rated 7.44 from 457 votes.
The contestants are introduced to special culinary guest judge Edward Lee, chef and owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY.
The episode was rated 7.45 from 445 votes.
The Top 18 home cooks prepare appetizers and entrees for season 6 contestant Nick Nappi on his wedding day!
The episode was rated 7.45 from 490 votes.
The 4 remaining contestants are given 90 minutes to prepare either a halibut or duck entrée for VIP food critics in the Studio Box challenge. The winning team will be exempt from the elimination challenge and the losing team will face the Pressure Test to recreate three pork dishes.
The episode was rated 7.49 from 369 votes.
The contestants will have one hour to create entrees and an hour to create a dessert. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MASTERCHEF, and the deserving home cook will walk away with a MASTERCHEF trophy, a book deal and the $250,000 grand prize.
The episode was rated 7.50 from 169 votes.
The Top 15 home cooks are challenged to serve 101 hungry veterans!
The episode was rated 7.51 from 458 votes.
In the next challenge, with help from some familiar home cooks, the remaining 3 will have one hour to prepare an amazing appetizer dish. The contestants will then have one hour to create entrees and one hour to create a dessert. After evaluating the final dishes, the judges will reveal America's next MasterChef, and the deserving home cook will walk away with the trophy, a book deal, and the $250,000 grand prize.
The episode was rated 7.51 from 370 votes.
The chefs have use their culinary skills as the Battle of the Apron challenge continues.
The episode was rated 7.51 from 449 votes.
The remaining 12 contestants are broken up into two teams to prep, cook and plate 30 dishes for teenagers celebrating their Sweet 16 birthdays.
The episode was rated 7.52 from 430 votes.
The losing sweet-16 team members must bake a three-layer birthday cake in 90 minutes, and then the remaining contestants are taken to a vegetable patch for their next team challenge, where they'll cook for and serve 100 farmers.
The episode was rated 7.52 from 406 votes.
Three basic utensils are used by the Top 7 contestants in a mystery-box challenge.
The episode was rated 7.53 from 335 votes.
